NEWTON HEATH/
MANCHESTER UNITED SEASON
1971-1972

A statistical compilation of all Newton Heath/Manchester United matches during the 1971-1972 season including RESULTS, STATS and HISTORY. Navigate page below for a statistical breakdown unrivalled by other sites, as we are proud to showcase the club’s entire history of first team games offering stats on appearances, goals, opponent manager, club manager, stadium, competition, opponents, opponent nationality, red cards, cup finals, penalties for, penalties against, own goals for, own goals against, most goals scored, most goals conceded, hat-tricks and a chronological list of all matches played in 1971-1972.

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Newton Heath/Manchester United 1971-1972 Season Record

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Win%
H	26	14	6	6	46	30	+16	53.85
A	29	10	10	9	42	41	+1	34.48
Total	55	24	16	15	88	71	+17	43.64

First Match Played:	14 Aug 1971 Derby County D 2-2 League Division One @ Baseball Ground
Last Match Played:	29 Apr 1972 Stoke City W 3-0 League Division One @ Old Trafford
Highest Attendance:	(63326) 06 Nov 1971 Manchester City D 3-3 League Division One @ Maine Road
Most Goals scored in a Match:	(5) See table below
Most Goals Conceded in a Match:	(5) See table below

No	Player Name	Goals	Apps

1.	Best, George	26	53
2.	Law, Denis	13	42
3.	Charlton, Bobby	12	53
4.	Kidd, Brian	10	43
5.	Gowling, Alan	9	50
6.	Storey-Moore, Ian	5	11
7.	McIlroy, Sammy	4	21
8.	Morgan, Willie	3	48
9.	Sadler, David	2	49
10.	Aston Jnr, John	1	14
11.	Buchan, Martin	1	15
12.	Burns, Francis	1	25
13.	James, Steve	1	48

No	Player Name	Apps	Goals

1.	Best, George	53	26
2.	Charlton, Bobby	53	12
3.	Stepney, Alex	52	0
4.	Gowling, Alan	50	9
5.	O'Neil, Thomas	50	0
6.	Sadler, David	49	2
7.	James, Steve	48	1
8.	Morgan, Willie	48	3
9.	Kidd, Brian	43	10
10.	Law, Denis	42	13
11.	Dunne, Tony	41	0
12.	Burns, Francis	25	1
13.	McIlroy, Sammy	21	4
14.	Buchan, Martin	15	1
15.	Aston Jnr, John	14	1
16.	Storey-Moore, Ian	11	5
17.	Young, Tony	7	0
18.	Edwards, Paul	6	0
19.	Sartori, Carlo	3	0
20.	Connaughton, Patrick	3	0
21.	Fitzpatrick, John	1	0

No	Opponent Manager	Count

1.	Waddington, Tony	7
2.	Bates, Ted	4
3.	Robson, Bobby	3
4.	Clough, Brian	2
5.	Sexton, Dave	2
6.	Mee, Bertie	2
7.	Howe, Don	2
8.	McGarry, Bill	2
9.	Catterick, Harry	2
10.	Head, Bert	2
11.	Greenwood, Ron	2
12.	Shankly, Bill	2
13.	Harris, John	2
14.	Adamson, Jimmy	2
15.	Greaves, Ian	2
16.	Harvey, Joe	2
17.	Revie, Don	2
18.	Allison, Malcolm	2
19.	Nicholson, Bill	2
20.	Bloomfield, Jimmy	2
21.	Gillies, Matt	2
22.	Anderson, Stan	2
23.	Cantwell, Noel	1
24.	Ball (snr), Alan	1
25.	Dennison, Bob	1

No	MUFC Managers	Count

O'Farrell, Frank

Stadiums Manchester United have played at

No	Stadium	Count

1.	Old Trafford	24
2.	Victoria Ground	5
3.	Anfield	2
4.	Portman Road	2
5.	The Dell	2
6.	Ayresome Park	1
7.	Baseball Ground	1
8.	Boleyn Ground	1
9.	Bramall Lane	1
10.	City Ground, Nottingham	1
11.	Deepdale	1
12.	Elland Road	1
13.	Filbert Street	1
14.	Goodison Park	1
15.	Highbury	1
16.	Highfield Road	1
17.	Leeds Road	1
18.	Maine Road	1
19.	Molineux	1
20.	Selhurst Park	1
21.	St James Park, Newcastle	1
22.	Stamford Bridge	1
23.	The Hawthorns	1
24.	Turf Moor	1
25.	White Hart Lane	1

No	Competition	Count

1.	League Division One	42
2.	FA Cup	7
3.	League Cup	6

No	Opponent	Count

1.	Stoke City	7
2.	Southampton	4
3.	Ipswich Town	3
4.	Arsenal	2
5.	Burnley	2
6.	Chelsea	2
7.	Coventry City	2
8.	Crystal Palace	2
9.	Derby County	2
10.	Everton	2
11.	Huddersfield Town	2
12.	Leeds United	2
13.	Leicester City	2
14.	Liverpool	2
15.	Manchester City	2
16.	Middlesbrough	2
17.	Newcastle United	2
18.	Nottingham Forest	2
19.	Sheffield United	2
20.	Tottenham Hotspur	2
21.	West Bromwich Albion	2
22.	West Ham United	2
23.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2
24.	Preston North End	1

No	Opponent Nationality	Count

England

No	Date	Player	Opponent

18-08-1971

Best, George

Chelsea

No	Date	WDL	F-A	Opponent	Competition

No cup finals recorded.

No	Date	Player Name	No	Opponent

1.	18-08-1971	Morgan, Willie	1	Chelsea
2.	07-09-1971	Morgan, Willie	1	Ipswich Town
3.	29-02-1972	Morgan, Willie	1	Middlesbrough
4.	15-04-1972	Best, George	1	Southampton
5.	29-04-1972	Best, George	1	Stoke City

Date	Opponent	No	F-A	Scorer
06-11-1971	Manchester City	1	3-3	Francis Lee 57' (pen), Colin Bell 64', Mike Summerbee 88'
01-01-1972	West Ham United	1	0-3	Bryan "Pop" Robson 40', Clyde Best 55', Geoff Hurst 83' (pen)
08-01-1972	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1-3	Derek Dougan 21', John Richards 30' , *Jim McCalliog 75' (pen)

Date	No	F-A	Opponents	Scorers
No own goals recorded.

Date	No	F-A	Player Name	Opponent
No own goals against recorded.

Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	HAN	Competition
27-11-1971	Southampton	W	5-2	A	League Division One

Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	HAN	Competition
19-02-1972	Leeds United	L	1-5	A	League Division One

No	Date	Player Name	No	Opponent
1.	18-09-1971	Best, George	3	West Ham United
2.	27-11-1971	Best, George	3	Southampton

No	Date	Opponent	Comp	F-A	HAN	Scorers	Opp Scorers
1.	14-08-1971	Derby County	Div 1	2-2	A	Denis Law 15', Alan Gowling 25'	Kevin Hector 50', Frank Wignall 60'
2.	18-08-1971	Chelsea	Div 1	3-2	A	Brian Kidd 66', Willie Morgan 69' (pen), Bobby Charlton 75'	*Tommy Baldwin 39', Peter Osgood 87'
3.	20-08-1971	Arsenal	Div 1	3-1	H	Brian Kidd 35', Bobby Charlton 78', Alan Gowling 89'	Frank McLintock 4'
4.	23-08-1971	West Bromwich Albion	Div 1	3-1	H	George Best 10', 57', Alan Gowling 37'	Tony Brown 89'
5.	28-08-1971	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Div 1	1-1	A	George Best 16'	Bernard Shaw 78'
6.	31-08-1971	Everton	Div 1	0-1	A		David Johnson 37'
7.	04-09-1971	Ipswich Town	Div 1	1-0	H	George Best 43'
8.	07-09-1971	Ipswich Town	LC	3-1	A	Willie Morgan 29' (pen), George Best 37', 43'	Jimmy Robertson 8'
9.	11-09-1971	Crystal Palace	Div 1	3-1	A	Brian Kidd 31', Denis Law 79', 90'	Mel Blyth 34'
10.	18-09-1971	West Ham United	Div 1	4-2	H	George Best 21', 43', 80', Bobby Charlton 62'	Clyde Best 24', Trevor Brooking 58'
11.	25-09-1971	Liverpool	Div 1	2-2	A	Denis Law 53', Bobby Charlton 72'	Bobby Graham 7', Brian Hall 24'
12.	02-10-1971	Sheffield United	Div 1	2-0	H	George Best 83', Alan Gowling 86'
13.	06-10-1971	Burnley	LC	1-1	H	Bobby Charlton 35'	Leighton James 60'
14.	09-10-1971	Huddersfield Town	Div 1	3-0	A	George Best 65', Denis Law 73', Bobby Charlton 82'
15.	16-10-1971	Derby County	Div 1	1-0	H	George Best 52'
16.	18-10-1971	Burnley	LC	1-0	A	Bobby Charlton 80'
17.	23-10-1971	Newcastle United	Div 1	1-0	A	George Best 46'
18.	27-10-1971	Stoke City	LC	1-1	H	Alan Gowling 85'	John Ritchie 72'
19.	30-10-1971	Leeds United	Div 1	0-1	H		Peter Lorimer 4'
20.	06-11-1971	Manchester City	Div 1	3-3	A	Sammy McIlroy 39', Brian Kidd 46', Alan Gowling 64'	Francis Lee 57' (pen), Colin Bell 64', Mike Summerbee 88'
21.	08-11-1971	Stoke City	LC	0-0	A
22.	13-11-1971	Tottenham Hotspur	Div 1	3-1	H	Sammy McIlroy 40', Denis Law 54', 82'	Martin Chivers 84'
23.	15-11-1971	Stoke City	LC	1-2	A	George Best 37'	Peter Dobing 72', John Ritchie 88'
24.	20-11-1971	Leicester City	Div 1	3-2	H	Brian Kidd 2', Denis Law 32', 46'	Alan Birchenall 41', Len Glover 78'
25.	27-11-1971	Southampton	Div 1	5-2	A	George Best 7', 47', 58', Sammy McIlroy 43', Brian Kidd 84'	Jimmy Gabriel 51', *Ron "Tudor" Davies 59'
26.	04-12-1971	Nottingham Forest	Div 1	3-2	H	Denis Law 17', Brian Kidd 37', 46'	Peter Cormack 41', Martin O'Neill 69'
27.	11-12-1971	Stoke City	Div 1	1-1	A	Denis Law 28'	John Mahoney 27'
28.	18-12-1971	Ipswich Town	Div 1	0-0	A
29.	27-12-1971	Coventry City	Div 1	2-2	H	Denis Law 70', Steve James 78'	Quintin Young 35', Willie Carr 66'
30.	01-01-1972	West Ham United	Div 1	0-3	A		Bryan "Pop" Robson 40', Clyde Best 55', Geoff Hurst 83' (pen)
31.	08-01-1972	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Div 1	1-3	H	Sammy McIlroy 86'	Derek Dougan 21', John Richards 30' , *Jim McCalliog 75' (pen)
32.	15-01-1972	Southampton	FAC	1-1	A	Bobby Charlton 36'	Jimmy Gabriel 55'
33.	19-01-1972	Southampton	FAC	4-1	H	George Best 68', 115', David Sadler 94', John Aston Jnr 118'	Mick Channon 22'
34.	22-01-1972	Chelsea	Div 1	0-1	H		Peter Osgood 48'
35.	29-01-1972	West Bromwich Albion	Div 1	1-2	A	Brian Kidd 24'	Bobby Gould 60', Jeff Astle 78'
36.	05-02-1972	Preston North End	FAC	2-0	A	Alan Gowling 85', 88'
37.	12-02-1972	Newcastle United	Div 1	0-2	H		John Tudor 37', Stewart Barrowclough 71'
38.	19-02-1972	Leeds United	Div 1	1-5	A	Francis Burns 57'	Mick Jones 47', 58', 62', Allan Clarke 54', Peter Lorimer 74'
39.	26-02-1972	Middlesbrough	FAC	0-0	H
40.	29-02-1972	Middlesbrough	FAC	3-0	A	Willie Morgan 12' (pen), George Best 50', Bobby Charlton 68'
41.	04-03-1972	Tottenham Hotspur	Div 1	0-2	A		Steve Perryman 69', Martin Chivers 70'
42.	08-03-1972	Everton	Div 1	0-0	H
43.	11-03-1972	Huddersfield Town	Div 1	2-0	H	George Best 35', Ian Storey-Moore 62'
44.	18-03-1972	Stoke City	FAC	1-1	H	George Best 85'	*Jimmy Greenhoff 61'
45.	22-03-1972	Stoke City	FAC	1-2	A	George Best 70'	Terence Smith 72', Terry Conroy 102'
46.	25-03-1972	Crystal Palace	Div 1	4-0	H	Alan Gowling 5', Bobby Charlton 24', Ian Storey-Moore 62', Denis Law 81'
47.	01-04-1972	Coventry City	Div 1	3-2	A	George Best 13', Ian Storey-Moore 20', Bobby Charlton 45'	Roy Barry 45', Bobby Graham 48'
48.	03-04-1972	Liverpool	Div 1	0-3	H		Chris Lawler 60', John Toshack 62', Emlyn Hughes 84'
49.	04-04-1972	Sheffield United	Div 1	1-1	A	David Sadler 72'	Geoff Salmons 40'
50.	08-04-1972	Leicester City	Div 1	0-2	A		Keith Weller 12', Alan Birchenall 89'
51.	12-04-1972	Manchester City	Div 1	1-3	H	Martin Buchan 59'	Francis Lee 61', 85', Rodney Marsh 65'
52.	15-04-1972	Southampton	Div 1	3-2	H	George Best 26' (pen), Ian Storey-Moore 32', Brian Kidd 43'	*Ron "Tudor" Davies 57', 87'
53.	22-04-1972	Nottingham Forest	Div 1	0-0	A
54.	25-04-1972	Arsenal	Div 1	0-3	A		Ray Kennedy 28', Peter Simpson 38', John Radford 70'
55.	29-04-1972	Stoke City	Div 1	3-0	H	Bobby Charlton 1', Ian Storey-Moore 16', George Best 44' (pen)